Right. You should be physically attached to a 3 year old son at all times. Like this:
Posted on 07/24/2006 6:12:21 AM PDT by Samwise
I don't understand your total lack of compassion for this woman when you,
Projection on your part. I've never called it other than heartbreaking and a tragedy. Unfortunately, one that could have been avoided. The reason the 3 yr old shouldn't have been left 5 feet away by the mirror was because HE COULD GET HURT. What a concept.
If your trying to get me angry by attacking Mom, you missed. We didn't wander. That was the whole point. Even at that young age, we knew not to walk away from where we were told to stand. Or sit. Certainly has changed. Btw, there are other freepers with the same experiences as children. Too bad you didn't read the whole thread.
Sometimes the genius of others is breathtaking. lol
>>It should be, but it just isn't.
Yeah, it's not, but it should be.
My kids all go to school on the first day thinking everyone in the world loves them. Sadly that's as far as my protection can extend for that emotion, even in a private school (which is killing me financially) the other children quickly make groups of us vs. them.
I will still stop and get after some child whose parent is not minding them, and they are doing something obviously wrong. (I’ve had a few absentee parents be a mite upset about that. My reply usually is “Would you rather I kidnapped them? You were here neither to teach nor protect them”)
So you are saying that she was not personally responsible having her kid FIVE FEET away from her
I was in my backyard watching my 4 year old swing on a swing he fell off and broke his wrist...Is that my fault??? was I NOT personally responsible for my 4 year old
I dont' care if the mother ends up being a crack-head her child was ONLY 5 feet from her...
"you guys and girls are ridiculous saying you NEVER had your kids FIVE FEET away from you. LIES all of you. The freepers are always out to lynch somebody "
Wow, you sound like you are from DU.
Go home.
You won't get an arguement out of me, GG...........
Accidents happen. Why does everyone want to assign blame?
LOL
You're firmly grounded. No need to feel paranoid.
Unless they really are out to get you.
;-)
EGADS!!! You take your child out to restaurants?!!! Don't you know how dangerous those places are? Your child does if he/she is pointing out the pot holes. Which reminds me, in the 70s, my parents fed us bread and water and we were glad for it. No one was aloud to talk to anyone, ever. And if we did, the we were scolded and sent to bed. Things were different then, I guess. ;)
Okay, enough outta me. I'm off to dine with my family - IN OUR DINING ROOM!!!!
Call me immature and insulting as much as you wish (it only shows you to be at least one if not both).
You don't like my anecdotal stories, yet, you expect the rest of us to take yours as the epitome of perfect parenting? I'm sorry, but I am not the one with the problem here. Through your own anecdotal stories you have informed us that your own mother was even more irresponsible than this woman. Your mother just happened to be lucky and no tragic results ensued.
This debate is about whether a parent is responsible for their childs safety in a public place. That's the bottom line.
I'm so sorry you have this idea that you know more about what happened here than what is contained in the article. where you in the store when the incident occurred?
You are reading more into the information provided and thus making judgement calls upon your own interpretation of said information.
You stated, more than once, your mother left you and your siblings while she went INTO ANOTHER ROOM.....major difference than this instance where there was only about 5 feet from mother and child.
You don't know if this child "wandered off" - he may very well have been placed there by mom to wait a few minutes, just like your mom did with you and your siblings. And his playing may have been nothing more than making faces in a mirror - children enjoy that.
You don't know any of these things, do you? Yet you will condemn this woman - your attitude tells me much about you.
What is the point of going shopping if you cannot TAKE YOUR EYES OFF your child? LOL! No sneaking a peek at a price tag!
By 3 years old my children were well enough behaved that they could stand nearby looking at something while I shopped. If they moved out of my sight or were messing with something they had no business messing with, into the cart they went.
Really, I think it is impossible to shop for something (you must look at whatever you are shopping for, unless you have memorized the placement of all the items) and NEVER take your eyes off your child. Even if the child were in a cart, you shouldn't "take your eyes off them" because they try to stand or climb.
So am I....and I include yours in the list of posts.
How many children? They walked beside you? If you had more than 2 children, at least one was out of your control.
Your mother left you outside the dressing room? Gee, a mirror could have fallen on you!
Right. You should be physically attached to a 3 year old son at all times. Like this:
So it's ok to take your eyes off a child if they are obedient? So maybe this obedient kid was sitting on the floor with a car going, "zoom zoom" and the mirror fell over on him.
But you have said REPEATEDLY that the mother should NEVER have taken her eyes off the child. NEVER.
I agree. Freaky accidents happen, even when people are careful. This catastrophe was a freak accident and not at all the poor mother's fault.
What was it you said about immature and insulting?????
Too bad you didn't read the whole thread.
Too bad you didn't, or you would have realized I've been on this thread since the beginning.
I was not looking to get you angry, just pointing out that you are in no position to critiize this woman based upon the story you relayed about how your mother dealt with you and your siblings.
By your own words you stated your mother left you and your siblings more than 5 feet away from her. And out of her sight. All you have done is harp on the fact the child was 5feet away and she didn't see him.
You have no idea if this woman was bringing up her children the same way your mother, or my mother, or you or I.
Accidents happen.
You do not know if the child was within sight of the mother or not. Isn't it possible that the mom looked at her child every 5 seconds or so, but didn't happen to be looking at the particular moment the mirror fell?
On the other hand, I guess it is possible that the child was on the other side of a clothing rack, out of sight, but still within 5 feet.
A 3 year old, while out shopping, should not be in a place where the parent cannot see him/her.
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